“Let your book start the Time Travel Game”

“Imagine that you have been chosen for a fabulous travel in a space ship following the government’s decision to send a writer to a newly discovered planet. You are permitted to carry only one book of your choice along with your luggage. one important thing is YOU CANNOT RETURN TO EARTH FOR TEN YEARS. Because 1 year in earth is 1 day in the new planet.”

Alephi : Now say which book you may choose to carry with you?

Mike Resnick : I don’t care to go to any other planet until I’ve thoroughly explored Earth. But to answer your question, it would be a thick book, of course, with many stories and points of view rather than just one. I’d take either THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME or A DAMON RUNYON OMNIBUS.

Mike Resnick is a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He is the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He is the author of 75 novels, over 275 stories, and 3 screenplays, and is the editor of 42 anthologies. His work has been translated into 27 languages. He is currently the editor of Stellar Guild books and Galaxy’s Edge magazine. He is the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or atwww.mikeresnick.com.